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West Ham vs Bournemouth (The London Stadium)

Forward Javier Hernandez is set to be available for West Ham's Premier League clash against Bournemouth at the London Stadium.

Hernandez, who missed West Ham's Emirates FA Cup replay victory against Shrewsbury on Tuesday, has recovered from flu.

Manager David Moyes will take a late decision on the fitness of Andre Ayew, who is battling a hamstring issue, but Andy Carroll (ankle), Michail Antonio (groin), Jose Fonte (calf), Edimilson Fernandes (ankle) and Winston Reid (groin) are all out.

The five previous Premier League meetings between these teams have seen 23 goals scored at an average of 4.6 per game, which remains the highest average for any Premier League fixture to have been played at least five times.

Bournemouth have only won one of their five previous visits to West Ham in all competitions (L4), a 4-3 win at Upton Park in the Premier League in August 2015.

16 of the 23 goals scored in this fixture in the Premier League have been scored in the second half, accounting for 70% of the goals; indeed, eight have come in the final 10 minutes of matches (35%).

On the date of this match, it will be 364 days since West Ham last won back to back Premier League matches, when they did so against Crystal Palace and Middlesbrough.

After winning three of their first four Premier League games in London (L1), Bournemouth are winless in their last nine in the capital (D2 L7), with both draws coming at Crystal Palace.

The Hammers have scored 15 goals in their last six Premier League games – one more than they’d scored in their opening 17 matches of the 2017-18 campaign.

Marko Arnautovic has been involved in nine goals in his last seven Premier League matches

This will be Eddie Howe’s 100th Premier League game in charge – aged 40 years and 52 days on the day of the game, he’ll be the third youngest English manager to reach this milestone after Glenn Hoddle (38y 36d) and Gareth Southgate (38y 150d).

David Moyes has collected 15 points from his last eight Premier League matches (P8 W4 D3 L1), one more than he won in his previous 28 matches in the competition (14).

Marko Arnautovic has been involved in nine goals in his last seven Premier League matches (six goals, three assists).

Callum Wilson has scored four Premier League goals in three matches against West Ham, including a hat-trick in August 2015 in just his third appearance in the competition.